The Peach Blossom Village of the Cat Boss

Chapter 255
"Why, why is it so infiltrating?"

When they came to the old street and looked at the scene in front of them, the father and mother hesitated for a moment.

They stood at the corner of the street, hesitating.

In the smoke directly in front of them, there was a vague figure squatting on the street corner burning paper.

It seemed to be a gloomy old woman, she was muttering some incomprehensible words.

Flying paper money, fluttering white flags, rows of funeral shops...

Suona and cries came from not far away, it seemed that somewhere was crying...

All kinds of Chinese-style horrors engraved in the hearts of every Chinese heart come into battle together.

It aroused the uneasiness in everyone's heart.

The meeting in the first two days was to allow tourists to experience the unique eerie atmosphere of the Ghost Festival.

Wang Tianyang suggested that it is best to make the venue of the Ghost Festival larger, and make similar arrangements in each tourist attraction to spread out the merchants.

Otherwise, if everyone is crowded together and lively, there will be no way for tourists to feel that horrible atmosphere.

At that time, everyone adopted this opinion.

They discussed the details of the Hungry Ghost Festival.

Looking at it now, many of Wang Tianyang's ideas have been realized.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that when the idea turned into reality... the effect was even better than he had imagined.

Even when he himself saw the atmosphere at the scene, his heart beat a little.

"Mom, you don't know. Young people are very courageous now. They usually like to play with these eerie things. Now in big cities, there are many scary secret rooms, and it costs hundreds of dollars to play each time..."

Wang Tianyang boldly explained to his father and mother.

"If it's not scary enough, they won't want to play!"

"We, for them, are completely pediatrics!"

After the explanation, he himself felt relieved.

That's right, many of these things were designed by him, and all of them are fake.

What is he afraid of?
Moreover, because the last temple fair was too popular on the Internet.There are so many tourists on the street today!
In the dense fog, they saw many figures walking around.

Although some timid tourists shrank behind their friends, trembling and disturbing.

But there are also some bold ones, who seem very excited, and laugh and laugh from time to time.

Mom and Dad were finally persuaded.

A family of four looked around while walking into the street, looking for something to eat.

"I don't understand you young people. How queer!"

The old woman frowned, looked left and right, she pointed forward:
"What are these?"

In the dense fog, she saw many young people in strange clothes.

Someone wore a red wedding dress, smeared his face pale, and put on black lipstick.

Others dressed themselves up as zombies in Qing Dynasty costumes.

What's more, if you put on special effects makeup directly, it looks like your neck is broken and half of your face is gone...

These people were walking back and forth in the fog, and it was really scary to bump into them unexpectedly.

"It's all fake, it's tourists putting on make-up...they're probably bringing the Halloween custom with them."

"For young people, it's normal to like cosplay."

Wang Tianyang speculated uncertainly, and couldn't help but look around.

Directly in front of him, a beautiful woman in a nurse uniform smiled sweetly at him.

Wang Tianyang also wanted to give her a smile back...

If it wasn't for the fact that the other party raised a head in his hand...

This head is quite real!

However, it must be fake...

It can't be that there are some weird things mixed in on the street, right?
Wang Tianyang looked back secretly, and led his father and mother to find a small restaurant with no people.

This restaurant is called Longmen Inn...

According to the setting, there will be the toothache sound of meat chopping in the restaurant all day long.

Well, it is a very scary restaurant.

Of course, regardless of the setting, its home-cooked food tastes very good.

And good quality and low price, cheap big bowl.

Not long after Wang Tianyang and his family sat down at the Longmen Inn, the NPCs started their dedicated performances.

They "whispered" to discuss:
"Have you heard? Several people disappeared around here some time ago."

"There is a problem with this restaurant! It is said that someone ate fingernails in their dishes..."

"I've also heard that their house is a black shop, and they will put sweat medicine in the food..."

The sound of chopping meat seemed to be louder.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

One sound is very disturbing.

Parents at the table:

"..."

They looked at the food on the table and dared not move their chopsticks.

The old lady hesitated for a moment, and hesitated to speak:
"Or, let's go back."

Wang Tianyang couldn't help laughing.

"Don't worry, Mom. These are all fake, those two are actors."

With that said, Wang Tianyang avoided the tourists and came to the middle of the NPCs, and greeted them.

After the two NPCs saw the person clearly, they were immediately excited, saying hello to Director Wang, hello to Director Wang!
It took a long time before the two old men were relieved.

However, they were still a little absent-minded during the meal.

Wang Tianyang paid attention to the emotions of his father and mother, and secretly reflected in his heart...

Although in the hearts of most young people, there is only one cultural symbol left on the Ghost Festival...

It is far less interesting and fun than Western Halloween.

But in the hearts of the older generation in China, the Ghost Festival has always occupied a very important position.

They are always in awe of this festival.

Wang Tianyang thought about it, and decided not to take the two old people to experience the trendy gadgets of young people.

He wants to go and see with them, those traditional old things.

"Mom. After dinner, I'll take you to the theater."

"You're sure to like the play."

"It's called Mulian Saves Mother."

Mulian saves the mother, which is a kind of traditional Chinese drama.

This kind of opera is called Puxian Opera, which is now an endangered repertoire.

The story of Mulian saving her mother comes from the Tripitaka.

According to legend, Mulian is a filial and compassionate person who has been sincere to Buddha since childhood.

Later, he became a monk and became a monk. He practiced Buddhism devoutly, practiced more and more deeply, and even possessed the ability of supernatural powers.

Because he missed his deceased mother, he used supernatural powers to see that his mother fell into the realm of evil ghosts after her death because of her greedy karma when she was alive.

So Mulian rushed to hell after untold hardships.

Seeing his dead mother Liu Shi Si Niang being tormented by a group of hungry ghosts, Mu Lian put vegetables and rice in a bowl for her to eat, but the vegetables and rice were taken away by the hungry ghosts.

Mu Lian asked the Lord Buddha for help, and the Lord Buddha was moved by Mu Lian's filial piety, and awarded the Yu Lan Basin Sutra.

According to the instructions, Mu Lian used the Yulan basin Shengzhen Guosu Zhai to worship her mother on July [-]th. The starving mother finally got food and got rid of the evil spirit.

In order to commemorate Mulian's filial piety, Buddhists hold a grand "Meng Lan Basin Festival" every year to save the souls of the dead.

The reason why Wang Tianyang chose this track as the representative of the Hungry Ghost Festival is actually to convey the hidden meaning behind this festival to the public tourists.

In fact, before the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the Ghost Festival had always been the second largest festival in China after the Spring Festival.

People at that time would celebrate the autumn harvest and worship their ancestors on this day.

Every year during the Hungry Ghost Festival, not only the emperor will cancel the curfew, but people will go out with their families to play.

On the day of the festival, red candles flickered and fire trees and silver flowers were displayed, making it very lively.

It is rumored that on this day, the gates of ghosts are wide open, and all hungry ghosts in the underworld can go home to reunite with their relatives and receive incense.

And those lonely ghosts don't have such good luck, they can only wander in the streets.

Therefore, many Chinese people will burn paper and serve meals on the side of the road during the Ghost Festival, so that they can have a full meal.

"Death is not the end, oblivion is."

This festival is not only a memory of relatives and ancestors, but also reflects the warmth and kindness in the bones of Chinese people.

The custom of burning paper on the side of the road, if you think about it carefully, is really heart-warming.

The reason why such a tradition exists is because the common people in Huaxia are worried that those lonely ghosts will be forgotten and have no food to eat.

Someone once said this on the Internet:

"Actually, when you really understand this festival, it proves that there is a high probability that your close relatives have left you forever."

Every time Wang Tianyang thinks of this sentence, he can't help but feel melancholy.

After reading various materials, he thinks that this festival is the one that Chinese people should not forget!
However, in modern times, the Ghost Festival has been continuously demonized, and it has become a "ghost festival" that everyone avoids and does not want to talk about...

Nowadays, very few people know why the various customs of the Ghost Festival are set up.

What is the meaning behind this festival and what does it represent.

Wang Tianyang hopes that through this event, everyone can understand everything behind the Ghost Festival.

He first made an interesting packaging for the Ghost Festival in the form that young people like.

But as visitors delve deeper into these superficially terrifying story designs...

They will be greeted with warm and touching truths one by one.

(End of this chapter)